The Twilight Zone (1959–1964): Season 3, Episode 2 - The Arrival - full transcript

( theme music plays)

YOU'RE TRAVELING THROUGH
ANOTHER DIMENSION...

A DIMENSION NOT ONLY OF
SIGHT AND SOUND, BUT OF MIND,

A JOURNEY INTO A WONDROUS LAND

WHOSE BOUNDARIES
ARE THAT OF IMAGINATION.

YOUR NEXT STOP,
THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

THIS OBJECT, SHOULD ANY OF
YOU HAVE LIVED UNDERGROUND

FOR THE BETTER
PARTS OF YOUR LIVES

AND NEVER HAD OCCASION
TO LOOK TOWARD THE SKY

IS AN AIRPLANE, ITS
OFFICIAL DESIGNATION, A DC-3.

WE OFFER THIS RATHER
OBVIOUS COMMENT



BECAUSE THIS
PARTICULAR AIRPLANE,

THE ONE YOU'RE
LOOKING AT, IS A FREAK.

NOW, MOST AIRPLANES TAKE
OFF AND LAND AS PER SCHEDULE.

ON RARE OCCASIONS, THEY CRASH.

BUT ALL AIRPLANES CAN BE
COUNTED ON DOING ONE OR THE OTHER.

NOW, YESTERDAY MORNING,

THIS PARTICULAR AIRPLANE CEASED
TO BE JUST A COMMERCIAL CARRIER.

AS OF ITS ARRIVAL,
IT BECAME AN ENIGMA,

A SEVEN-TON PUZZLE MADE
OUT OF ALUMINUM, STEEL, WIRE

AND A FEW THOUSAND
OTHER COMPONENT PARTS

NONE OF WHICH ADD
UP TO THE RIGHT THING.

IN JUST A MOMENT,

WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU
THE TAIL END OF ITS HISTORY.

WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU 90
PERCENT OF THE JIGSAW PIECES



AND YOU AND MR. SHECKLY HERE
OF THE FEDERAL AVIATION AGENCY

WILL ASSUME THE PROBLEM
OF PUTTING THEM TOGETHER,

ALONG WITH FINDING
THE MISSING PIECES.

THIS WE OFFER AS
AN EVENING'S HOBBY,

A LITTLE EXTRACURRICULAR
DIVERSION,

WHICH IS REALLY THE NATIONAL
PASTIME IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

Man ( over loudspeaker):
Flight 453 to Kansas City

now ready for boarding
through Gate number 14.

Flight 453, Gate 14.

Passengers, please board.

LET'S GO IN THERE!

WHAT ABOUT IT?

YOU NEED A CAN OPENER?

WHAT, DO THEY GOT A
HOT POKER GAME IN THERE?

YOU TELL ME.

WHAT ABOUT IT?

YOU DEAD, ASLEEP OR WHAT?

GEORGE, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

THERE ISN'T ANY LUGGAGE.

HEY, GEORGE!

ASK THEM WHO'S RESPONSIBLE

FOR FORGETTING ALL THE LUGGAGE.

YOU BETTER COME IN
HERE AND CHECK ME OUT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOUR PROBLEMS ARE,

BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO TELL THE PASSENGERS

THEIR LUGGAGE HAS BEEN DELAYED.

SOME IDIOT LET
THIS PLANE TAKE OFF

WITHOUT SO MUCH AS
AN ENVELOPE IN THERE.

I'D BE HAPPY TO,
EXCEPT FOR ONE THING.

WHAT?

THERE AREN'T ANY
PASSENGERS! COME HERE.

ROBBINS, YOU BETTER
CALL THE AIRPORT POLICE

AND GET THEM OVER HERE.

I'LL GET BENGSTON IN OPERATIONS.

I HOPE... WHAT?

I HOPE HE LETS ME
FINISH THE STORY

BEFORE HE HAS ME COMMITTED.

( general conversation)

Man: THERE WAS
NOBODY ON THE PLANE,

ABSOLUTELY NOBODY.

I DON'T KNOW...
HOW COULD IT STOP

WITHOUT SOMEBODY ON THAT PLANE?

ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

WOULD YOU KNOCK IT OFF, PLEASE?

THIS IS MR. SHECKLY

FROM THE FEDERAL
AVIATION AGENCY.

HE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE
THE QUESTIONING.

SHE'S ALL YOURS, SIR.

GENTLEMEN, THIS IS
NOT A FORMAL HEARING.

IT'S MORE IN THE NATURE
OF A PRELIMINARY MEETING.

AS YOUR OPERATIONS CHIEF NOTED,

WE'RE HERE TO UNEARTH
AS MANY FACTS AS WE CAN.

I'D APPRECIATE HEARING
FROM YOU ONLY FACTS.

YOU CAN SAVE US
ALL A LOT OF TIME

IF YOU'D AVOID
PERSONAL HYPOTHESES,

SO WE CAN KEEP THE AIR CLEAR

AND NOT CLUTTER IT UP
WITH SIX DOZEN THEORIES.

THEORIES HAPPEN
TO BE MY BUSINESS.

IN THE 20-ODD YEARS,
I'VE BEEN WITH THE F.A.A.

I'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD RECORD

IN PUTTING TOGETHER
JIGSAW PUZZLES.

MAYBE SOME OF THEM HAVEN'T BEEN

AS ABNORMAL AS THIS ONE,

BUT I'LL LAY MY BETTING AVERAGE

ON THE LINE ANY HOUR OF THE DAY.

ALL RIGHT?

LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS.

NOW, WHICH ONE
OF YOU IS COUSINS?

RIGHT HERE, SIR.

YOU'RE THE RAMP ATTENDANT?

YES, SIR.

YOU WERE ON DUTY
WHEN FLIGHT 107 ARRIVED?

THAT'S RIGHT, SIR.

SHIP CAME IN NORMALLY...

DID YOU NOTICE
ANYTHING ABNORMAL?

NO, SHE CAME IN
RIGHT ON THE BUTTON.

SHE FOLLOWED MY
SIGNAL UP THE RAMP.

SHE STOPPED RIGHT ON THE
MARK WHERE I TOLD HER TO.

SHE CUT HER ENGINES
WHEN I GAVE HER THE SIGNAL.

DID YOU SEE THE PILOTS?

WHEN I SIGNAL A PLANE IN,
MY ATTENTION'S ON THE MARKS

AND ON THE AIRCRAFT
ON EITHER SIDE OF HER...

WELL, ACTUALLY, I
DON'T REMEMBER...

Sheckly: BENGSTON, IS YOUR
DISPATCHER HERE FROM BUFFALO?

WELL, THAT'S ME, SIR.

I JUST ARRIVED.

WILL YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THIS?

YES, SIR, THAT'S
THE FLIGHT PLAN.

DID YOU SEE THE PILOT SIGN IT?

I WAS AT HIS ELBOW

THIS MORNING AT 11:12 A.M.

Sheckly: PILOT
WILLIAM J. SLOCUM?

YES, SIR.

COPILOT JOHN O'BRIEN,

THAT'S THE NAME OF
THE FIRST OFFICER?

YES, SIR.

DID YOU SEE THEM
BOARD THE AIRCRAFT?

NOT... NOT EXACTLY, SIR.

I SAW THEM LEAVE
THE DISPATCH OFFICE

AND HEAD FOR THE FIELD.

BUT TO THE BEST OF
YOUR KNOWLEDGE,

THAT WAS THE CREW OF FLIGHT 107

WHEN THEY TOOK OFF FROM
BUFFALO AT 11:30 THIS MORNING?

TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE.

WILLIAM J. SLOCUM, JOHN O'BRIEN.

GOOD PILOTS, BOTH OF THEM.

SOBER, RELIABLE, THE BEST MEN.

I'M NOT CASTING ANY
STONES, MR. BENGSTON.

IT'S JUST THAT THE
NAMES ARE SO...

SO FAMILIAR.

WELL, THAT'LL BE ALL NOW,

BUT STAY AROUND WHERE
YOU CAN BE REACHED.

MR. SHECKLY...

THIS IS PAUL MALLOY, OUR
PUBLIC RELATIONS MAN.

PUBLIC RELATIONS, HUH?

HOW MUCH PUBLIC, AND
WHAT KIND OF RELATIONS

ARE YOU POOR GUYS GOING
TO HAVE AFTER THIS ONE?

I GOT 22 YEARS IN THIS SADDLE
AND I'VE NEVER BEEN LICKED YET.

OH, SOME OF THEM
TAKE A LONG TIME.

COUPLE OF TONS OF METAL

SPREAD OVER 50 SQUARE
MILES OF COUNTRYSIDE.

SOMETIMES, ALL IT IS IS
A MISPLACED AIR SCOOP

OR MAYBE A LOOSE BOLT
IN THE ELEVATOR HINGE OR...

ONCE IN A BLUE MOON, A
PILOT WITH A PSYCHOSIS.

BUT IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING.

AND THAT SOMETHING
ALWAYS SHOWS UP.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A
CRASHED AIRCRAFT, MR. SHECKLY.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
A DISAPPEARING ACT.

NOW, LOOK, THIS JUST
COULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED.

AN AIRCRAFT CAN'T TAKE OFF
WITH A FULL CREW, 13 PASSENGERS

AND LAND AN HOUR AND 20
MINUTES LATER WITH NOBODY ON IT.

IT SIMPLY IS NOT WITHIN
THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY!

MR. MALLOY, YOU ARE DEAD RIGHT.

BUT THE FACT IS IT HAPPENED.

IT CAN'T HAVE HAPPENED.

AN AIRLINER COULDN'T
LAND THAT PERFECTLY

WITH NOBODY CONTROLLING IT.

THERE MUST BE... THERE
HAS TO BE AN EXPLANATION...

A LEGITIMATE, VALID, BELIEVABLE,
UNDERSTANDABLE EXPLANATION.

THERE'S ONLY ONE
POSSIBLE EXPLANATION.

THESE 13 PEOPLE HAD PARACHUTES.

NOW, THEY KEPT THEM IN
THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT.

THAT'S WHY THERE
WASN'T ANY LUGGAGE.

THEN, SOMEPLACE BETWEEN HERE
AND BUFFALO, THEY JUMPED OUT

FOR A GAG OR SOMETHING, I GUESS.

THAT'S BRILLIANT.
THAT'S JUST BRILLIANT.

AND WHAT ABOUT THE
PILOTS, MR. HOLMES?

OR IS THAT PART JUST ELEMENTARY?

MAYBE THEY HID IN THE RESTROOM.

SNEAKED OUT OF THE PLANE

AFTER I WENT TO
MAKE THE PHONE CALL.

OH, CUT IT OUT.

THAT'S QUITE AN IMAGINATION
YOU HAVE, MR. COUSINS.

I'LL GIVE YOU THAT.

HEY, WHAT IF...?

WHAT IF...?

WHAT IF WHAT?

NO, I DON'T KNOW.

IT GETS ME.

I'LL TELL YOU THIS, THOUGH.

I GET SPOOKED JUST
STANDING AROUND HERE.

I GET MORE SPOOKED
INSIDE, THOUGH.

ALL THOSE EMPTY BLUE
SEATS JUST STARING AT YOU.

LOOK, BOYS...

WE HAVE BEEN THEORIZING
FOR SIX SOLID HOURS.

I'M JUST A SIMPLE-MINDED
VICE PRESIDENT

IN CHARGE OF OPERATIONS,

BUT I'VE GOT A PASSEL OF NEWSMEN
OUT THERE BUGGING ME TO DEATH

AS TO WHAT KIND OF
HAUNTED OPERATIONS

WE ARE RUNNING HERE.

TELL THEM TO KEEP
THEIR SHIRTS ON.

THAT'S WHAT YOU
SHOULD BE TELLING THEM

OR A REASONABLE
FACSIMILE OF AN EXPLANATION.

THEN YOU BETTER
GET ME ANOTHER HEAD

AND A COUPLE OF SETS OF ARMS,

BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ON
THAT PHONE FOR SIX HOURS.

I'VE HAD EVERY NEWS SERVICE,
EVERY TELEVISION NETWORK

AND A COUPLE OF
PROFESSIONAL MIND READERS

TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
THE GREAT BIG MYSTERY IS

WE'RE SUPPOSED
TO BE HIDING IN HERE.

AND YOU KNOW HOW LONG I
CAN KEEP IT UP, MR. BENGSTON?

MAYBE ANOTHER 15 MINUTES

AND THEN THE WHOLE THING
IS GOING TO POP WIDE OPEN

AND WE'RE GOING TO BE STUCK
WITH ROTTEN EGG ON OUR FACE.

AND SHECKLY AND THE GOVERNMENT

ARE GOING TO TAKE OUR
FRANCHISE AWAY FROM US.

INCOMPETENCE,
MENTAL INSTABILITY,

AND YOU NAME IT,
YOU CAN HAVE IT!

HAVE YOU CHECKED OUT

EVERY ONE OF THE NAMES
ON THIS PASSENGER MANIFEST?

NO, I HAVE NOT.

THAT'S ALL I NEED NOW
IS TO HAVE A SMALL ARMY

OF RELATIVES FROM
UPSTATE NEW YORK

CLUTCHING AT MY LAPELS,

ASKING ME FOR A
DEFINITIVE STATEMENT

AS TO WHERE THEIR LOVED ONES ARE

WHO TOOK FLIGHT 107 OUT
OF BUFFALO THIS MORNING.

YOU MEAN TO SAY,

YOU HAVEN'T EVEN
HAD ONE INQUIRY YET?

NOW, THAT'S WEIRD, ISN'T IT?

NOT A SINGLE INQUIRY.

BUT THE SHIP ARRIVED
ONLY SIX HOURS AGO.

MAYBE THEY HAVEN'T
HAD TIME TO MISS ANYONE.

NO, I'M KIDDING MYSELF.

OF COURSE, SOMEONE WOULD
HAVE MADE AN INQUIRY BY NOW.

THERE GOES THAT
OLD FEELING AGAIN.

WHAT FEELING?

THIS PASSENGER MANIFEST...
THE NAMES LOOK SO FAMILIAR.

ROBBINS, YOU SAID
SOMETHING BEFORE.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

ABOUT THE PARACHUTES?

NO, NO, NO, YOU
SAID SOMETHING ELSE.

YOU SAID YOU LOOKED
INSIDE THE PLANE

AND YOU SAW THE BLUE SEATS.

YEAH, I SAID
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THEY ARE BLUE,

BUT WHEN I FIRST LOOKED IN THE
PLANE, THE SEATS WERE BROWN.

WAIT A MINUTE, THEY WERE RED.

I REMEMBER THINKING
HOW FADED THEY WERE,

BUT THEY WERE RED.

Malloy: WHAT IS ALL
THIS NONSENSE?

HAVEN'T WE GOT ENOUGH TROUBLE

WITHOUT YOU GUYS WORRYING
ABOUT THE INTERIOR DECORATION?

BENGSTON, COME HERE.

DO YOU SEE A
NUMBER ON THAT TAIL?

OF COURSE, I SEE A NUMBER.

READ IT OFF TO ME.

N-6-7-5-8-8.

HEY, ROBBINS.

DO YOU SEE THAT SAME
NUMBER ON THE TAIL?

N-8-0-4-7-5-8.

HEY, WHAT'S THE MATTER?

ARE WE GOING CRAZY OR SOMETHING?

WE'RE ALL SEEING
DIFFERENT NUMBERS.

GENTLEMEN, I HAVE A THEORY.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE ONLY
WAY I CAN PROVE IT OR DISPROVE IT

IS GOING TO PUT ME IN
CONSIDERABLE JEOPARDY.

ANY ONE OF YOU EVER
HEAR OF MASS SUGGESTION?

SO?

I THINK THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE DEALING WITH NOW...

A KIND OF HYPNOSIS.

TO PUT IT MORE BLUNTLY

OR PERHAPS A LITTLE
LESS BELIEVABLY,

I DON'T THINK THIS
AIRPLANE IS REALLY HERE.

I THINK EVERY ONE OF US

HAD A LITTLE HYPNOSIS
PERFORMED ON HIM,

A LITTLE SUGGESTION.

SOMEONE SOMEWHERE TOLD US
THAT A DC-3 IS INSIDE THIS HANGAR

AND THAT IT LANDED THIS MORNING.

THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID.

SO EVERY ONE OF US
HAD PICTURED IN HIS MIND

A DC-3 AS HE KNOWS ONE.

THEREFORE, ONE OF US
SEES THE SEATS AS BLUE,

ANOTHER SEES THEM AS BROWN,

STILL ANOTHER SEES THEM AS RED.

I READ ONE NUMBER OFF THE TAIL.

TWO OTHER GUYS READ TWO OTHERS.

DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND
WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY?

THIS PARTICULAR
AIRCRAFT DOESN'T EXIST.

IT REALLY ISN'T HERE AT ALL.

ARE YOU MAD?

ARE YOU TRYING TO TELL US

THIS IS AN ILLUSION?

IT'S NO ILLUSION, IT'S HERE.

I CAN FEEL IT, IT'S HERE.

I'M GOING TO PROVE TO
YOU THAT YOU'RE WRONG,

OR I'M GOING TO PROVE
TO YOU THAT I'M WRONG.

AND IF I HAPPEN TO BE WRONG,
I ALSO HAPPEN TO BE DEAD.

ROBBINS, WILL YOU ROLL THE PLANE
OUTSIDE AND START THE ENGINES?

SHECKLY, ARE YOU SURE YOU
KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING?

I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING.

START THE ENGINES.

IF THIS PLANE IS IMAGINARY,

THEN SO ARE THOSE ENGINES
AND SO ARE THOSE PROPS.

SO IF I STICK MY HAND IN THEM,

NOTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

BUT IF MY THEORY
IS FOR THE BIRDS

AND THOSE PROPS ARE REAL,

MAKE SURE YOU NOTIFY MY WIFE.

GO AHEAD, DO IT.

( starts engine)

WELL, GENTLEMEN...

I BELIEVE I'VE PROVEN MY POINT.

BENGSTON?

MALLOY?!

COUSINS!

ROBBINS!

BENGSTON!

MALLOY!

BENGSTON! MALLOY!

HEY, WHERE ARE YOU PEOPLE?

HEY, BENGSTON!

WHERE ARE YOU PEOP...?

WHAT HAPPENED?

BENGSTON, WHAT HAPPENED?

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

AREN'T YOU...?

YOU'RE SHECKLY, AREN'T YOU?

AREN'T YOU SHECKLY
OF THE F.A.A.?

WHAT KIND OF A GAG IS THIS?

WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?

WHAT'S GOING ON?

WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?

WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?

BENGSTON, ARE YOU
OFF YOUR ROCKER?

ONE MINUTE, THERE'S A HANGAR
FULL OF MEN AND AN AIRCRAFT.

THE NEXT MINUTE I PROVE

THAT NOT ONLY DOESN'T
THE AIRCRAFT EXIST, BUT...

WHAT ELSE DIDN'T EXIST?

MR. SHECKLY, ARE YOU DRUNK?

OR ARE YOU SICK OR WHAT?

BENGSTON... BENGSTON,
WHERE'S MALLOY?

MALLOY?

MALLOY, YOU BETTER GET UP

AND ZERO IN YOUR BOSS HERE

AS TO THE CAUSE AND
EFFECTS OF INSANITY.

YOU...

"MISS PENNY JACKSON,
BEAUTIFUL, YOUNG MOVIE STARLET

"IS SHOWN HERE ARRIVING

"ON TRANS-EAST
AIRLINE, FLIGHT 107

WHICH ARRIVED FROM
BUFFALO THIS MORNING."

WHAT'S GOING ON?

WHO IS THIS GUY?

HOW COULD THEY HAVE
TAKEN THAT PICTURE?

HOW COULD THEY SAY IT LANDED

AND EVERYTHING WENT...?

WENT WHAT?

YOU KNOW THIS GUY?

MR. SHECKLY...

THIS IS PAUL MALLOY, OUR
PUBLIC RELATIONS MAN.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

I KNOW WHO IT IS.

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

MAYBE YOU'D BETTER TELL US.

WHAT IS SO ODD

ABOUT A PICTURE
OF A FLIGHT ARRIVAL?

WHAT'S SO OD...?

BENGSTON, YOU CHECK ME OUT.

DIDN'T THAT FLIGHT ARRIVE

WITH NOBODY ON IT?

NO CREW, NO STEWARDESS,

NO PASSENGERS, NO BAGGAGE?

NO, MR. SHECKLY.

FLIGHT 107 FROM OUR AIRLINE

ARRIVED AT 12:50
TODAY ON SCHEDULE.

YOU MEAN TO TELL ME,

YOU'RE NOT MISSING AN AIRCRAFT?

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
HE'S TELLING YOU, MISTER.

WE'RE NOT MISSING
ANY FLIGHT 107,

OR ANY OTHER FLIGHT.

WELL... HOW COULD THAT BE?

YOU NEVER MISSED A FLIGHT 107?

THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

YOU WERE THE
EXAMINER ON THAT ONE.

ON WHAT ONE?

WE LOST JUST ONE FLIGHT

IN SOME 20-ODD YEARS, JUST ONE.

FLIGHT 107.

FLIGHT 107.

BUT, MR. SHECKLY,

THAT WAS SOME
17 OR 18 YEARS AGO.

FLIGHT 107 OUT OF BUFFALO.

FLIGHT 107 OUT OF BUFFALO.

BUT LIKE I SAID, THAT
WAS 17, 18 YEARS AGO.

WELL, WHAT HAPPENED TO HER?

LOST IN THE FOG, NEVER FOUND.

WE FIGURED SHE MUST
HAVE GONE OFF COURSE,

WENT OUT OVER THE
OCEAN, WENT DOWN THERE.

Malloy: YOU NEVER FOUND HER?

NEVER FOUND HER.

MR. SHECKLY HERE INVESTIGATED.

BUT THAT WAS ONE CASE

YOU WERE NEVER
ABLE TO BUTTON UP.

NOBODY WAS EVER
ABLE TO BUTTON IT UP.

JUST SITS ON THE BOOKS AS LOST,

PRESUMED CRASHED
FOR REASONS UNKNOWN.

MR. SHECKLY...

WHY DON'T YOU LET
ME DRIVE YOU HOME?

FOR REASONS UNKNOWN?

BUT I NEVER BEEN LICKED
ON A CASE YET... NEVER.

WE'VE ALWAYS FOUND THE CAUSES.

ALWAYS.

WE'VE ALWAYS FOUND THE CAUSES.

ALWAYS.

I NEVER BEEN
LICKED ON A CASE YET.

WE'VE ALWAYS FOUND THE CAUSES.

ALWAYS FOUND THE CAUSES.

WE'VE ALWAYS FOUND THE CAUSES.

I NEVER BEEN
LICKED ON A CASE YET.

I GUESS SO.

FLIGHT 107... 13 PEOPLE.

PILOT... WILLIAM J. SLOCUM.

COPILOT... JOHN O'BRIEN.

WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?

WHAT WENT WRONG?

WHERE DID YOU GO DOWN?

FLIGHT 107!

( roar of plane engine)

HEY, FLIGHT 107!

WHY DIDN'T YOU LEAVE A CLUE?!

WHY DIDN'T YOU MAKE A CONTACT?!

WHY DIDN'T YOU?!

WHY DIDN'T YOU LEAVE A CLUE?!

WHY DIDN'T YOU EVER TELL
ANYONE WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?

( sobbing)

( loud roar of plane engine)

PICTURE OF A MAN
WITH AN ACHILLES' HEEL,

A MYSTERY THAT
LANDED IN HIS LIFE

AND THEN TURNED
INTO A HEAVY WEIGHT,

DRAGGED ACROSS THE YEARS

TO ULTIMATELY TAKE
THE FORM OF AN ILLUSION.

NOW, THAT'S THE CLINICAL ANSWER

THAT THEY PUT ON THE
TAG AS THEY TAKE HIM AWAY.

BUT IF YOU CHOOSE TO
THINK THAT THE EXPLANATION

HAS TO DO WITH AN
AIRBORNE FLYING DUTCHMAN,

A GHOST SHIP IN A
FOG-ENSHROUDED NIGHT

ON A FLIGHT THAT NEVER ENDS,

THEN YOU'RE DOING YOUR
BUSINESS IN AN OLD STAND...

IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

Announcer: ROD SERLING,
CREATOR OF THE TWILIGHT ZONE,

WILL TELL YOU ABOUT
NEXT WEEK'S STORY

AFTER THIS WORD FROM
OUR ALTERNATE SPONSOR.

AND NOW, MR. SERLING.

NEXT WEEK ON THE TWILIGHT ZONE,

WE USE A CAMERA LIKE AN X RAY

AND LOOK UNDER THE SKIN OF A
NEIGHBORHOOD OF MEN AND WOMEN.

IT'S A LITTLE EXPERIMENT IN
HUMAN NATURE AND BEHAVIOR

ON THE NIGHT THAT A
CONELRAD BROADCAST

SHATTERS THEIR COMPOSURE

WITH AN ANNOUNCEMENT
OF TERSE TERROR...

A BOMB IS COMING.

MOST OF OUR STORIES
ARE A LITTLE FAR OUT.

THIS ONE IS VERY CLOSE IN.

YOU'LL SEE WHAT I MEAN NEXT WEEK
WHEN WE PRESENT "THE SHELTER."

Announcer: BE SURE AND WATCH
GUNSMOKE STARRING JAMES ARNESS,

SATURDAY NIGHTS OVER
MOST OF THESE SAME STATIONS.